Indian Special Forces

[Haldilal]

Ya'll Nibbiars

 

[FalconSlayers]

 

[abingdonboy]

Is that m4 on pics of marcos or the US's?

US’s, it’s a training rifle (see the blue paint and blank firing tip)

 

[Chakraborty]

Wow, out of nowhere so many pics of MALABAR 21.
Marcos are doing it right.
In the spectrum of SOF modernization in India it appears that "Marcos lead the way"
(NSG is probably a federal CT unit, so excluding it).

Any Idea why the UCP is still in service? Probably the metallic greyish tone of ucp is favourable in ship-boarding ops?

Waiting to see them with COMTACs and IR strobes. The way they are thinking is right. They are gradually becoming more oriented to advanced SOF tasks.

Any video of the exercise? It would be interesting to see the shoot and manuever drill of Marcos and how they fare against the 'yanks' And 'japs'.

 

[abingdonboy]

Not if they send those Marcos
I don't see why they would send para since Quad is primarily focused on the maritime domain (do correct me if I'm wrong)
Edit:
Or (((((even less likely)))) they probably bought those neat gear beforehand and started training for this exercise in particular???
Don't wanna look like amateurs in front of seals and whatever AUS and JAP has!!

Can’t rule it out (sorry guys)

remember how the IA gets the guys going on foreign exercises better gear gear than they get for domestic ops

 

[Tactical Doge]

Wow, out of nowhere so many pics of MALABAR 21.
Marcos are doing it right.
In the spectrum of SOF modernization in India it appears that "Marcos lead the way"
(NSG is probably a federal CT unit, so excluding it).

Any Idea why the UCP is still in service? Probably the metallic greyish tone of ucp is favourable in ship-boarding ops?

Umrikans use multicam
Probably not,

Any video of the exercise? It would be interesting to see the shoot and manuever drill of Marcos and how they fare against the 'yanks' And 'japs'.

Not yet
Will be released (probably) soon
But Marcos have more than enough combat exposure than Japs, I don't know anywhere where they have operated

 

[ManhattanProject]

Armasen operators patch
Maritime HCBH
QZ UCP tactical upperwear
Mechanix gloves
AN/PVS 31s ?¿
Looks like a Block 1 sopmod M4A1

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So i was right Armsen is selling plate carriers to Marcos.
I am so happy i might die.

 

[abingdonboy]

Wow, out of nowhere so many pics of MALABAR 21.
Marcos are doing it right.
In the spectrum of SOF modernization in India it appears that "Marcos lead the way"
(NSG is probably a federal CT unit, so excluding it).

Any Idea why the UCP is still in service? Probably the metallic greyish tone of ucp is favourable in ship-boarding ops?

Waiting to see them with COMTACs and IR strobes. The way they are thinking is right. They are gradually becoming more oriented to advanced SOF tasks.

Any video of the exercise? It would be interesting to see the shoot and manuever drill of Marcos and how they fare against the 'yanks' And 'japs'.

Battle belts and the high cut with current gen NVGs, these are the closest Indian (military) SOFs have gotten to their counterparts in the west, even their stance and the fact that they don’t have bloused trousers means they fit in pretty well to this crowd (when usually Indian units look very awkward next to Western units with all their gear).

another reason why trainings with Russians/SCO is garbage. The ‘commando’ culture that has infected Indian SF community is almost solely from there, instead they should adopt an ‘operator’ approach.

let’s see how things go, one teak being outfitted like this one time doesn’t mean anything. Only as good as your weakest link, this should be their standard look every time you see them, not in dry suits with a rotten AK and dagger duct to them.

+ the sole place the UCP feels at home is the maritime environment so no issues with it in this application.

 

[Automatic Kalashnikov]

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Is this a latest pic, or an old one?

 

[Tactical Doge]

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UCP camo pattern boony hats, probably Marcos I guess

Another thing

Is that a swimmer deliver vehicle or a torpedo?

Edit: looks like a RHIB.!

 

[abingdonboy]

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UCP camo pattern boony hats, probably Marcos I guess

Not convinced the USN element are SEALs

Look like a support unit

 

[Scramjet]

Battle belts and the high cut with current gen NVGs, these are the closest Indian (military) SOFs have gotten to their counterparts in the west, even their stance and the fact that they don’t have bloused trousers means they fit in pretty well to this crowd (when usually Indian units look very awkward next to Western units with all their gear).

another reason why trainings with Russians/SCO is garbage. The ‘commando’ culture that has infected Indian SF community is almost solely from there, instead they should adopt an ‘operator’ approach.

let’s see how things go, one teak being outfitted like this one time doesn’t mean anything. Only as good as your weakest link, this should be their standard look every time you see them, not in dry suits with a rotten AK and dagger duct to them.

+ the sole place the UCP feels at home is the maritime environment so no issues with it in this application.

I believe the Commando culture is due to the Unconventional Unit under Conventional Command approach.
The soldiers/officers i've interacted with know what they are raised for (this can be different from your experiences with them)

 

[Scramjet]

Not convinced the USN element are SEALs

Look like a support unit

They are from NSWC

 

[Scramjet]

NSWC?

Navy special warfare command, includes SWCC, NSWDG(DEVGRU), SDV teams and SEALs

 

[ManhattanProject]

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On Both ends left and right Marcos

They seem to have stopped tucking in their pants in their boots, i know its a small thing but still something new.

 

[Tactical Doge]

Navy special warfare command, includes SWCC, NSWDG(DEVGRU), SDV teams and SEALs

Noob question
So they can deploy only one of those or like Combined stuff

 

[Scramjet]

Noob question
So they can deploy only one of those or like Combined stuff

Combined stuff, mission dependent usually

 

[Tactical Doge]

Combined stuff, mission dependent usually

In Multilateral exercise like this?
So you're saying they maybe seals?

 

[Scramjet]

In Multilateral exercise like this?
So you're saying they maybe seals?

The ones boarding the vessel might be seals and the ones manuevering the boats might be SWCC

 

[Sourajit Dutta]

Is this a latest pic, or an old one?

2018 iirc